Cost vs Benefit and other Problems
These are some very high priced toys. When it is a question of surveillance of high crime areas, stationary cameras are much cheaper and do not require as many training dollars for operators. The more complicated a thing is and the more moving parts it has the higher the maintenance costs, there are not many trained or certified in the repair of such specialized equipment.
There has been some problems with these things being hacked. Hacking them is a good way to vandalize them, to steal them for resale, or for someone to repurpose them into spying on the agency that owns them, or even to use them for attacks placing blame on the registered owner.
The second hand market opens opportunity for abuses.
Not every component is made in the US which is the same as shipping tech jobs overseas.
